People get #MedTwitter mixed up with the doctors’ lounge or M&M or narrative medicine. It is not. #SoMe patient details sharing has gotten folks disciplined. Plus, even narrative medicine can cross into appropriating someone else’s experience.
https://twitter.com/TsengJennifer/status/1344491223046705153
Folks don’t realize HIPAA is not limited to name, initials, age, DOB, etc. If a patient might recognize you and the story you are telling and/or a coworker can go to your schedule and see a list patient diagnosed and put 2+2 together, that has been used to discipline clinicians.
There is also a really bad trend on #MedTwitter driven by both seasoned and entry level faculty (latter likely replicating/perpetuating things taught by mentors) of lazy teaching using screenshots and real life examples, identifiable, without consent, of lay people or peers.
Personally, I limit my screenshots but I have posted “corrected” examples when the above has been done by faculty to compare to standards and best practices per @AAMC or @acgme.
Know the standards. Compare your own self to them.
You don’t really need any other expert.
Know the standards. Compare your own self to them.
You don’t really need any other expert.
In general, if you are a physician or med student, you rarely need someone else to interpret this stuff for you. Just need to use standards and use your own brain.
Don’t be a lemming.
Get over your imposter syndrome and need for clicks for validation.
& then you’ll do fine.
Don’t be a lemming.
Get over your imposter syndrome and need for clicks for validation.
& then you’ll do fine.
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